Hiring
On September 24, 2009, from 6pm-7:30pm, I'll be presenting at the University of Illinois' "Finding Talent" program for employers & recruiters. It's at the U of I's Alumni Career Center, 200 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, in the Orange and Blue room. My presentation concerns legal issues surrounding background checking, electronic communication & social networking in [...]
My post on "rusing" or "ruse calling" led to a number of interesting and instructive comments. I thought that it might be worthwhile to respond to them in a single post. First, I think that it's a novel concept to equate employees as being the same as "property," especially in the context of criminally convicting [...]
On November 19, 2008, I was interviewed on Blog Talk Radio’s show the Recruiting Animal. The Recruiting Animal interviewed me on a number of labor & employment law related topics germane to recruiters. One topic seems to have created a MINOR controversy in the blogosphere. The issue of ruse calling or “rusing” came up. In [...]
Today, about 25 business people & I attended a roundtable discussion with U.S. Congressman Peter Roskam (R-IL, 6th District, O’Hare Suburbs; DuPage County) regarding the increasingly controversial Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). It was a fantastic & frank forum. The animus against this act was palpable in the room; as was Congressman Roskam’s. The general [...]
I'm now writing articles for "Doctor of Dentistry's Greater Chicago Edition." This is a hard copy "business and lifestyle magazine for dentists." My articles focus on the human resources & labor & employment law issues encountered by dental practices. You can read the 1st article, from the December/January issue, which discusses background checking and screening [...]
